Raisin Filled Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 + 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Raisin Filling:
1 cup raisins
3/8 cup sugar
3/8 cup water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Put the ingredients for the raisin filling into a blender and blend till smooth. Empty the blender into a small saucepan and cook till thickened. On a cookie sheet, sandwich the raisin filling in between two spoonfuls of cookie dough. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Medium
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom